Environment

<p style="text-align: justify;">Thursday, August 12, 2010 10:12 PM. HAVANA, Aug. 12, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) -- All together 5,711 hectares of forest in Cuba have been burnt down by fires from January to May, said official sources here on Thursday. Read More

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban scientists are working on the genetic improvement of important forest species, as part of the national reforestation strategy the island has implemented. Read More

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban scientists are working on the genetic improvement of important forest species, as part of the national reforestation strategy the island has implemented. Read More

<p style="text-align: justify;">Seismic activity continues in Guatemala without causing casualties or damages so far, while the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction and the National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (INSIVUMEH) are monitoring three volcanoes that have continuous activity. Read More

<p style="text-align: justify;">CIEGO DE AVILA, Cuba, Aug 12 (acn) New populations of blue-headed Quail-Dove and Antillean palm swift were found in areas of the Great Wetland of northern Ciego de Avila, one of the major bird shelters in Cuba. Read More

<p style="text-align: justify;">More than 1.4 million seedlings have been cultivated in the city during the current planting season, for the forestation and reforestation of the Cuban capital. Read More

<p style="text-align: justify;">The 6th Congress of the Speleological Federation of Latin American and the Caribbean, now meeting in the western Cuban <br> province of Matanzas, debated actions on Thursday for protecting the underground world, faced with human mismanagement. Read More

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 5 (acn) The national Ozone Technical Office has granted awards to more than 30 Cuban companies and institutions that have ceased to use ozone depleting substances. Read More

<p style="text-align: justify;">MATANZAS, CUBA.- The Sixth Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Federation of Speleology (FEALC) begins on Wednesday in the central Cuban province of Matanzas with the participation of nearly 350 delegates from almost 20 countries. Read More